Discover the Dream for Change Projects of Women@Dior & UNESCO Mentorship and Education Program
At Dior, we are committed to empowering women.
On March 28, 2024, Christian Dior Couture and UNESCO, in a 5th consecutive year of a special partnership, presented the Women@Dior & UNESCO 2024 Global Conference, held at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. Five young Mentees came from around the globe to pitch their #DreamForChange projects, dedicated to valuing and empowering young girls in their local communities.
This year’s exceptional jury was chaired by #MariaGraziaChiuri (Creative Director of Women’s Haute Couture, Ready-to-Wear and Accessories Collections, Dior) and included Olivier Sastre (Deputy Managing Director in charge of Human Resources and Sustainability, Dior), #MinJeongKim (Director of Division for Education 2030, UNESCO), Vanessa Moungar (Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, LVMH Group), #LeymahGbowee (Noble Peace Prize Laureate, Peace Activist, and Women’s Rights Advocate), Francesca Ragazzi (Head of Editorial Content, Vogue Italia), David Elfassy (Women’s Ready-to-Wear Department Manager & Women@Dior Mentor), and Cwenga Koyana (2022 Dream for Change Winner, Co-Founder of Talitha Together).
This year's Dream For Change projects showcased a diverse array of initiatives, including:
- #BeNeutral_KR, an initiative that aims to inspire young women in South Korea to develop a healthier, more sustainable body image, represented by Soun Lee
- The Étoile Foundation, a women’s health program dedicated to improving the health literacy rates and access to hygiene products for young women in the Ivory Coast, represented by Anaïs Chambrier
- Project Meraki, an incubator program for socio- economically disadvantaged Indian women artisans to grow their handicraft businesses sustainably, represented by Neha Jain
- sHEART Foundation, a support system of young women artists dedicated to dismantling the systemic gender imbalances pervading the art world in France and Japan, represented by Laetitia Bonhomme
- She Guardian a support network designed to tackle daily safety issues to reduce the vulnerability of young women in France, represented by Liz Bohner
